Locals block railway tracks in AmethiPress Trust of IndiaAmethi (UP), Mar 29 (PTI) A group of people today put up a blockade on railway tracks to protest against the delay in construction of RUB (railway under bridge) and ROB (railway over bridge) in the Amethi-Pratapgarh section. The protesters, led by ...

Times of IndiaRahul will be back soon, Sonia assures AmethiTimes of IndiaRAE BARELI/AMETHI: Stepping in for Rahul Gandhi during his leave of absence, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday that Amethi and Rae Bareli were the "collective responsibility" of the Gandhi family and that it mattered little whether she, ...

3 children killed as wall collapsesPress Trust of IndiaPratapgarh (UP), Mar 25 (PTI) Three children were today killed when a wall collapsed in Sarai Raja village in Mandhata area here, police said. The incident took place when Anoop (5), Reena (6) and Komal (5) were playing near the wall. They died on the ...

Villages mourn victims of UP train tragedyDeccan HeraldVillages mourn victims of UP train tragedy. Lucknow, March 23, 2015, DHNS: Several villages in Raebareli, Pratapgarh and Amethi districts are in a state of mourning as most of those killed in Friday's Janata Express rail accident were from these areas.

Elephant freed after 5 decade-long bondageTimes of IndiaMohan, who is around 55 to 56 years old, was poached from the wild five decades back, and was used as a begging and performing elephant by his owners ever since, members of Wildlife SOS said, adding he was often beaten up during his bondage.

Unanimous House demands relaxed norms to compensate farmersTimes of IndiaJAIPUR: In a rare gesture, the ruling and the opposition legislators voiced farmers' concerns in the house, without making political scores against each other, on Monday. Making the most of the opportunity granted by the Speaker to debate on how to ...

UP BJP sets the ball rolling for 2017 Assembly electionsThe Indian ExpressRampur Khas in Pratapgarh, and Kunda and Babaganj in Kaushambi districts are some of the seats that the party has never won. A senior BJP leader pointed out “various seats in UP” where population of Muslim voters has increased by nearly 60 to 80 per ...

Youth beaten to death on suspicion of cattle theftPress Trust of IndiaPratapgarh (UP), Mar 11 (PTI) An unidentified youth was beaten to death allegedly by villagers who suspected him of stealing cattle, police said today. The youth sustained serious injuries after he was brutally beaten up by the villagers in Khajuri ...